The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 9 June 1921

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1 12 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 20 1 Singapore Free Press AND ME RC ANTI L E ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, S.S., THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1921. NO. 10,301.
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  • 231 1 Football, cricket and uolf items are given on page 12. Negotiations for a settlement of the cotton dispute have failed Page 7. An open letter to the public on registration of domestic servants Page 12. There have been some partial resumptions of miners in' Great Britain —Page
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  • 1189 1 literary |UU, of which 1 ilai:n to ho the inventor, has been rocoivod with ■> much favour by tOBAe oi. my Mendl that 1 venture to introduce it to a wider circle. It ran bt played with most MOM just aftvr tea, when the conversation flags, as
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 142 1 Malth@Hl c*fe >d tr^ m ff m* a tf^ <£~^\ of jv m Mf m o Sm/ m m m Im, n-^ V.2^ Bif \^W m m V*»» THE' THOROUGHBRED" j A 1 r\ f\ i 4t /Vo. /V, l-f/g/i Street 1 Formerly Store For 3 Weeks Only Cusenier and
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    • 304 1 2 Get a Simple But Efficient I Filing System Now I Put the filling of your corres- J a [jii'iiiHLMMiißrifjoil r #l »ndence etc. on a business I JBJtBBt 1 11 08l I footing now, and you will be jjj 9 better equipped for the im- 7 mJJ^^B il if^Biil
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    • 140 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Prince Une Far East service— Page S. Table glassware from Robinson and Co —Page 7. Xew films at the Alhambra and Empire Page 2. Film entertainment at Raffles Hotel on Sunday Page 1 Notices— Bankruptcy; Ngh-Hin Kongsee in liquidation Page .">. Madame Matthews, Battery-rd, for smart and original
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 83 1 THE WEEK. Thursday, 9th. High W r ater, 0.51 a.m. Y.M.C.A. Gymnastic Class, 5.30 p.m. Mischa Elmnn recital, 9.30 p.m. Friday, 10th. High Water. 0.12 a.m.. 1.44 p.m. League Football Staffords vs Sea Defences. Band in Gardens, i p.m. Anglo Chinese School. 5.C.1.. A. 8.18 p.m. High Water, 1.2 a.m.,
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  • 388 2 Kducationists, because they are educated, and because some uf them are philologers. may sometimes have wondered how their science, or their art, came to acquire its name for though the dictionaries will have assured them that the word "education" is derived from the Latin verb educare, and that educare
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  • 45 2 The old saying: Vac victis is true, but it is only half the truth: history shows that Vae victoribus is equally trut. Dean Ing*. It is strange that nations that have long: suffered from intolerance ar.d oppression have not learnt tolerance to others.— Mr. Balfour.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 207 2 i TO LET. Large Goriowns facing river j also near shipping, Stores > from 6,000 to .°,0,000 sq. ft. Large ami Cornmodiooi offices ,i I centrally situated also Bunga- lews. Apply to A. J. ABRAHAM. 56 Robinson-rd, Marsilling Bldg. •V-'.-".-'. ■V% '^>"V%^* VICTORIA THEATRE. MISCHA ELMAN The World's Most Celebrated
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    • 393 2 for -*^Y,' 3 NIGHTS ONLY j an i <^2 TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY THURSDAY Jg* /^'-i\ 7th, Bth and 9th June. l| l/^'^'P^^t^ By Request. U^^^^^^^i CHARLIES CHAPLIN t f^fa^^^W Shoulder Arms %Jk In Three Parts. |K"^|- {1 NIGHTLY AT 10.30 P.M. l^V^l^r -C '$fl PROGRAMME Is^.'(Note the time.) %\'v'^ *Wm At
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    • 76 2 l\ H. C. HUDSON i I I ADELPHI HOTEL BUILDINGS. 100 North Bridge Road. Has just received the latest C 1 selection of songs, Valses, and 3 f Fox Trot, also Bag-pipe reeds, J 8 and Chanter reeds, etc. To be had at the House of the 3 Tatchy Music.
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    • 545 2 jHI JLj JlI JnL Ha X5 J\ JtL FROM WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, TO MONDAY. JUNE 13. 1921. JESSE D. HAMPTON PRODUCTION OF SPLENDID HUMAN INTEREST. A Superb Drama of Youth's Blindness, a Siren's Wiles and the Price of FollyAdapted from Nat Goodwin'.- Fnnious Stage Success WHEN WE WERE TWENTY-ONE H.
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  • 529 3 The following is b extract from Mr. Curies n hock 'T., World of Ours":— J° Singrr re Road,, and look out upon the world, ii my great delight A'l around and u far u the eye cu reach, mountainous and fcrestclad, q tragmenti as it were of
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  • 371 3 Lord Xortheliffe, In spite of the prcstipe that is his o the Continent as j the owner of what is icre still regarded ;M the semi-official or^an of England, is t beginning to wonder whether in these hard mea he can afford to pajQieavily for
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    • 267 3 fl^B St jf^k. i i M^^\ a T mm Jlf m -mmmm— m**pm» AT Mb .^P-V l o S r;^K jV Sf yi t *t r' V m W _-)^Bj ji HHtjj^l^y Ail /*^w B n 1 k %2. t »ras.s Shouldered A A Housc "Wlllf* Hrass Hat &c (up
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    • 121 3 I GOSLING CO., Establishment 1880. 8, Telegraph Street, Singapore. Telegraphic Address •TABACO," SINGAPORE. Telephone No. 47. CIGARS MANILA. I Cia Gral de Tabacos La Insula Perla del Oriente and other Brands; We have hade arrangements with our Manila Express Agents by which we can supply MILITARY MESSES CLUBS HOTELS AND
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    • 427 3 Gillette i afe *y NO STROPPING. NO HONING R.A Z O F i FOR I Bff f HI n II I i •<* II I A P j 4 ii THE MAN WITH FHt: BHOOTH FACE *^\t t.— m B\ f sV. sV B^J bi (<NOVvN Tn« .Sole Distrihutnrs: MILLER
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  • 616 4 RASIfiR CO., EXCHANGE AND* SHARE BROKERS. TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1921. MINING. I Figures in brackets shows the capital kd issue value of the Share in dollars iless otherwise marked. C. Cum div. s equals ex div.] c rer Wit r 1) 1 itam Tin U00.000— 1.50—1.70 1.17.0—2.2.6
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    • 234 4 ▼^L"CV«, fijBBW f^fr^^ fit *j s Sri 5 ■I Isi I 3 -'tiM* I 1 all A. oIZBS J Shelves, Drawers and Partitions. tj HUTsENBIICII LAZARUS SONS, LTD. (Incorporated in the Stiaits Settlements). I. I TVr OT O^ CAR REPAIRS JLf JL I nave always formed r I large part
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    • 615 4 TO LET. OFFICES AND GODOWNS AT I RAFFLES PLACE Immediate entry. ur x Ap, l| AJ EASTERN mm ANQ mini 00., ltd. if (Ibcorporati n thi Si?aiti Bettlctnentf) x A;'rntS. N 59 a:id CO, Robinson Uoad. K j E. HIGH STREET Singapore. A T DIAMOND MERCHANTS. u > Always on
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    • 11 4 ALL DISPENSARIES. 3BTAINABLE AT THROUGHOUT STRAITS SETTLEMENTS AND FEDERATED MALAY STATES
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    • 836 4 A good opportunity of acquiring useful household re«juiren.ent-. IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE OF V Valuable Coflsignnenl el aboof 1639 Cases <»f Tinned Provision, Malted Milk. Green Peaa, Pickles, lasm, Uuttcr, liar feeap He At Messrs. CHKOXG KOON SENG Co's Saleroom, N<j ON MONDAY, ISdi JUNE m 19M a.m. Comprising 90 cases
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    • 657 5 VV ANTED. t < i niLLKT WANTED v 11-'. WANTED DrvT JJI M CH UR RE an drive any "ndrr^.n,,, rr,,,,. R "Chsufl I IV. n-»'. ENGLISH woman, s-eks Mtuation. Bin«apore f irm or n dividu;.l. Ten yean experience ••"nfidenual secreUry, bosiness and (;ov,rnmer,t aocoonta depts^ shorthand and typing). Vn-,>
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    • 752 5 RUCTION SALES. SHKKII F'S SALE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF Tin; STRAIT? SETTLEMENT SETTLEMENT ok SINGAPORE. In the CaQM of Barker .v Co., Ltd. Plaintiff. vi rsus Cbap Naaaoa Defendant AUCTION BALE OF All the stock-in-trade and (vrniture eompriflinf Preserved Fruits, T«>a, Corn Klour, Matches, ks, Joss Paper, Dried Vegetables
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    • 809 5 AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALE OF Shop Fitting* RDd Furniture, Ir«;n K.cfe. Fairbank's scale, ribbed smoked shee'. ground nut, &c. At (hop Ban Whatt Seng, No. 33 Upper Circular Road ON THURSDAY, 9th JUNE, AT 11 A.M. CHEONG KOON SENG CO., (Auctioneers. -L AUCTION SALE OF Valuable Town and Country Propertit
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    • 813 5 i NOTICIS& THE N(;hi HJ\ KONGSI IN LIQUIDATION. i hJ 0 S hertby givcn that an p erson w fa° has a, u cl,,m against the above Kongsi shall 1 I clam, to the undersigned as Soli- -•> the liquidators within 14 days from da e hereof after which date
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    • 188 5 Whiteaway, Laidlaw Co., Ltd. I (flimirmitad w. rnglani) SINGAPORE. At Prp-War Prir^ I 50 Combination CHAIR BED- I STEADS in two sizes. Strongly built and well finished in black I enamel, complete with side arms I and mattress cushions of fine ere- I tonne. As the supply of these is
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    • 57 6 MYLE& At tho Maternity Hospital. Singapore, to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon S. Myles, a daughter. HANNAY.—Ob the 7th inst. at Kuala Lumpur ao Mr. ami Mrs. H. Hannay, a daughter. RACK HAM. On the Sid May, IMI, at 201, Casewick-road. West Norwood. Madeline Jessie (nee Burke*, the wife of
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    • 42 6 DK BROISE- WALLACE.—Ob Saturday, June 4th. at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, the Rev. J. Butterworth officiating, Jean Raphael Albert Guy dc Brcu-e to Annie Harriet Wallace. THRELFALL -WHEELER.—At St. •George's Church Penang. 4th June, 19X1, William Herbert Threifall to Geraldine Wheeler.
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    • 26 6 MACINTTRE.- At 21, Market Road. Batu Gajah. on Thursday, June 2nd", Laurie Onslow, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Maclntyre. aged SI years.
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  • 740 6 THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1921. I 1 r-f- The Rubber Position. From bad to worse and the worst still to come (we fear) is all that can be said about the rubber position. The most optimistic fail to see light ahead: the steady pessimist has apparently resigned himself
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  • 370 6 A deputation of the Non-European Unemployment Committee was received on Monday morning: by the Chief Secretary, who informed them that Government would contribute $3,000 to the Fund. (M.M.) The M. M. homeward mail s.s. Andrj Ltbon is expected here on Thursday, to-day at 6 p.m. She will sail for Colombo,
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  • 170 6 TIN COMPANY REPORTS. I (From Our Own Correspondent). I*enang, June 7. The report of "*aipin^ Tin says that drtdgC Xo 1 tfave satisfactory results, recovering 4,987 pikuls. No 2 was completed in March and has beui run continuously, the total are recovered hein£ 8,448 pikuls. The balance was
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  • 481 6 A WONDERFUL < ONCBRI When the inevitable late corner*, those rho would be- behind time if a public cnertainment started at tan o'clock insti ,f half past nine, had taken their seat! at he Victoria Theatre on Tuimkiv night, here wai an audi MCC worthy in enth ism
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  • 511 6 INGRAM— ADAMS. I Considerable interest irai centred in the wedding which took place on Tuesday afternoon in the Presbyterian Church, which had been very tastefully decorated in honour ol the bridal couple by their friends, when Mr. A. R. Ingnun of the Chartered Bank, w: s mariied to
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  • 154 6 j A concert free to children will be given 1 ,at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday, June 1 11th, at 6 p.m. sharp. Adults attending! i will be charged $1. In onrier to make it ,ur necessary for children to be kept wait-, (ing in the sun, it
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  • 238 6 The feast day to celebrate the n-.ea.-«» of Isiam from the rigours of the Ram ad EMI, or fasting month, wtl largely brated among the Moh imedans of Mm town yesterday. The previous night lllui tions of Malay kampongs had been common, and great preparations had been
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  • 34 6 Prevkmriy acknowledged $.-,.«>-. European Staff, Stmfei War Estate, Kulim I*. K. Pinhorn (Monthly) j 8 P. w. Leslie (Monthly) q I hanks Offering o Tot^l *****2.66 Singapore Branch 112J22.76 ('mind TotaJ 72,45:>..{u
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 104 6 GREENLEES GRAN D WHISKY AGENTS Caldbeck Macgregor Co., LIMITED. 87, Cecil Street. Far and Near in one. Invaluable for those requiring different Late senior opticitn British Army, Aldershot, Ert'tud n Late of Old Broad St., London. I 12 BORE SHOT GUNS I I B. S. A. Hammerless $130.00 I IL.&
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    • 295 6 I ELECTRICITY i?i SHE HOME. < i AUSTIN j From Rushlight All British j to Autoplant 5. 5 J Autoplant I .I-' 10 a P° rt J v able lamp to one which 4 Furnishes electric could be hung from wallk current for 60-20 or ceiling, or which 5 watt
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  • 494 7 JAPANESE STEAMERS COLLIDE. LOSS OK l.n-K 4 INJURY. A r hctwtin the Yoko- Maru and thi Ituio Maru, Um latter 1 for Colombo, occurred shortly after L mid-night, about eighty-two miles tting in Um k> Of th,- crew limlo Mara. The bong to the O.S.K. with nett
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  • 109 7 ihe result of a fatal attack made on ('hints** coolie, while he was passing along Ihe coolie lints in Nelson Road on the night of the > »nl in.st., two Chinese, Teo Chwi Iw and Teo Ang Pi »vcre produced by InsKing before Mr. C. W. Dawson
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  • 151 7 THE RIKISHA DANGER v, fine of *-t» or one month's rigorous >pr i-nmcnt was the sentence imposed by 61 r. \V. Dawaon in tho Second Court ttiih.y upon a rikisha coolie for pulling rikisha in a rash r.nd negligent manner. Inspector Kin*r. who prosecuted, said that ac( d who had
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  • 324 7 HOPES NOT FACTS. OPTIMISTIC VIEWS. I Renter's Service] London. June I. The Promfa r hat replied to the miners executive that Government has nothing further t<> propoaa. Its offer of May 27 cannot be prolonged for more than a fortMi;-})!. Notwithstanding the miners rejection of the Government
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  • 385 7 NEGOTIATIONS FAIL. The dosing of all cotton mills in Lanca-to-4ay, in consequence of the failure of the owners and operative to roach a .settlement, ia regarded as most disastrous. Tne operatives representatives believe that the mill owners' attitude is bound up in the coal stoppage, because with
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  • 691 7 HAVAS SERVICE. MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENT. LRcuter's Service] Paris, June 1. According to Lfl Temps the French Government intends to replace M. Boppe. by appointing as Minister to China, M. Le Fleurvu, who was for a long time chief coadjutor to M. Paul Cambon. (Havas.) THE CROWN PRINCE. Paris,
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  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
    • 561 7 To the Editor. Sir,— "God help the man that's chained to our Davie!" (S. F. P. May 31). The historian of the future will perhaps \be better able to give due weight to the influence of Bonar Law upon our "impulsive Celtic premier"— the two great self-jles-s
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  • 113 7 In the absence of Mr. F. M. Baddeley, Mr. E. A. Elias presided at the weekly meeting of the Rent Assessment Board, held in the Municipal Offices on Tuesday afternoon. There was nothing of particular interest, except perhaps in one application for an ejectment order. In this case
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  • 206 7 A debate "Resolved that the Unofficial S members of the Legislative Council should '5^ be nominated by the Public rather than elected by the Government" was held in the meeting room of the Straits Chinese Liter- =2 ary Association on Monday evening: with =2 Dr. Chen
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 123 7 Table Glassware REGISTERED H° *****8 Very Handsome Etched and Cut I Crystal Table Ware. I FULL SETS TN STOCK, INCLUDING DECANTERS, I WATER JUGS AND TUMBLERS AND GLASSES OF ROBINSON CO., LTD. I o1 JN i* A Olv hj LEAF If manuf acture of >A I CAPSTAN! V >l? k
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 325 8 NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. (Incorporated in Japan.) f JNDER MAIL CONTRACT WITH THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE Subject to alterations without notice LONDON LINE FORTNIGHTLY SERVICE »V I ondon and Antwerp via (Malacca, Penang, Colombo, Suez, Port Said AIoUTA o\ ARU June 15 For Marseilles and Liverpool via Suez. SOUTH AMERICAN LINE. for
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    • 603 8 K. P. M KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ (Incorporated in Holland). ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION Co., OF BATAVIA TtVphone 131 Passage Dept 1202 Freight Dept. 1002 Manager Desk 1437 Marine Supt. Transhipment Dept 3 COLLYER QUAY. UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHFRLANDS INDIA GOVERNMENT. -^'y^-^YE'—Eck '(Thursday; Tune 9) Penang, Lho-Seumawe, Sigli, Sabang, Oelee-Lheue, Tjalang,
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    • 679 8 I P. &O. BRITISH INDIA i AND i APCAR LINE. (Incorporated in England.) MAIL AND PASSENGER SERVICE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. CO. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government). The Company'* MAIL SERVICES EA^T OF BOMBAY are at present suspended. LONDON FAR-EASTERN SERVICE. FROM LONDON TO MARSEILLES LONDON 1 DUE
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 458 9 THE SIAM STEAM NAVIGATION CO, LTD. (INCORPORATED IN SIAM). SINGAPORE BANGKOK F COASTING SERVICE. hm *v^ Kreta y. Trengganu, Kelantan, P^rgnara, Telupin, Patani, Singora, LabuL Kohsamui, Bandon, Langsusn, Chumpon. and Bangkok. PKACHATIPOK \ALA\A June u Junc jThG steamers are fitted throughout with electric light, and have excellent accommodation for first
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    • 306 9 O. K. The Osaka Shosen Kaisha Ltd. (Incorporated in Japan). No. 2, De Souza Street. Proposed Sailings froiu Singapore. (Subject to change without notice) eu ropeTn"' line. Fci Port Said, Marseilles, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Hamburg. DUE "SINGAPORE. s.s. Siani Maru July 1 July 2 !Uk Argun Maru July 21
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    • 517 9 The Ocean Steam Ship Company, Limited. The China Mutual Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. AND Ellerman Bucknall Steam Ship Co., Ltd. (AMERICAN MANCHURIAN LINE.) (Incorporated in England.) JOINT FORTNIGHTLY SERVICE TO NFW YORK via SUEZ OR PANAMA. FROM NEW YORK. Steamer Due S'pore Route p er LAOMEDOX In port Suez Manila,
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    • 609 9 I i PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES OPERATED BI PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP CO. I i FOR ACCOUNT OF THE U. S SHIPPING BOARD SAN FRANCISCO— MANILA— EAST INDIA. 'SAILINGS FROM SINGAPORE. IFor CALCUTTA via COLOMBO CREOLE STATE Passengers and Freight June 22 WOLVERINE STATE Passengers and Freight July ii GRANITE STATE)
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  • 1086 10 SITDY OF HUMAN BREEDS. Every one Is agreed as to the value and I interest of anthropology taken only as a j contribution fen know!* dge. We are all fascinated by the ttory cf our ape-like. progenitors, by discussion <_f the das\n am! progress of culture. t,h« formation land
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 478 10 J GROSSMITH'S Eau( Cologne I^^^^ XT T f1 'ft i? ÜBiyU BiyI 1 Vv I Kty and de- j .lj^2^ i lJglntui o sh th:s jf "^>C 1 i really High-dasi f u v^fe^^sV Cologne, v.!^'. h:ur j l r II finest j r its Lind. I -i^- It <
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    • 419 10 !1 iMMljM^^i)r\ n Let Sanatogen bring j You New Health and Nerve Power Let to-day be a turning point in J your life the day when you took I your first drink of Sanatogen In a few weeks 1 time you Will be glad you obeyed the impulse and t
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    • 63 10 nun hi— Hf r :-j«aEwaa? i rr"j«a».w«aK-^ n Steadily Growing I j V% 1 A 1 ill rupuioriiy. i I SOLE IMPORTERS: I Adam son, Gil f Ulan Co., Ltd. 1 (Incorporated in England.) I FOR PURITY AND POWER 1 I 3S j f*' ,'A Ifc 4 M 0n i
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  • 82 11 JUNE 7. Bank 4 m.s. 2|4 1-8 Bank, demand 2|3 3-4 Private Credit? 3 m.s. 2|4 3-8 N«w York, demand i. Credit* 00 |g France, dimand 600 India. T. T. 178V, Hongkong, ('eniand IP_. p.c I'rem. Yokohama, demand 92 Java, demand 134 Bangkok, demand 91 Sovereign, Bank Buying $8.51
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  • 160 11 JUNI 7. Tin 60 Tons $*6.00 Gambier hoo Gambier Cube No. 1 14.00 Pepper Black 14^ 0 Pepper (white fair) ;{2.50 Tapioca, small flake, f.g. 5.75 Tapioca, medium pearl f.g. 6.50 Pearl Sago, small nom. 8.60 Copra Sundried 11.26 Copra Mix 10.50 Opium, Benares uncort 5,000 Rice, Rangeea White
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  • 61 11 t 12 o'clock noon 6th June 1921 Pale Crepe. Ribbed Smoked 9h. i Closing Prices. Closing Prices. a Bayers Sellers. Buyers Sellers. g 12 o'clock noon, 7th June 1921. Spot 29 30 24 M; 25 June 25 26 July 26 27 July to Sept. 27
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  • 208 11 DE MINIM IS. One of the moat remarkable vis t<N Egypt this .season (says the Central New* Cairo correspondent who wears not th« halo of fame, but WHOM special qualification entitles him to notice, is Nessi Effendi Markarem. who arrived at Cairo from the Lebanon. Mr. Markarem 's claim to
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 467 11 over $4,000,000 Assurances in force tver $17,000,000. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. Incorporated in Straits Settlements). Winche3ter House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE 32 Old Jewry, E.C. ny has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies Act ATTRACTIVE PLANS OF Ut
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    • 569 11 CHARTERED BANK Of India, Australia and China Incorporated in England by Royal Charter. Paid up Capital in 600,000 shares of £5 each CCO.OOO Reserve Fund 5.650.000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors 8,000,000 HEAD OFFICE. 88 Bishopsgate, London, E.C. Agencies and Brunches. Alor Star Hongkong Penang Amritsar Iloilo Pukei Bangkok Ipoh Rangoon
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    • 518 11 !bo hong bank, limitee HEAD OFFICE Penang— Bs Beach Street. Malacca 131 Jonker Street. Muar— 77-79 Jalan Suieimari. Batu Pabat— lo9 Ja.an Rahamat. AGENCIES AT: London, New York, San Francisco, Shang hai, Hongkong, Amoy, Batavia. Sourabayt Seirarang, Palembang acd Trane. CAPITAL. AUTHORISED $20,000,000 Issued 8,000,000 Paid-up 4,000,000 Reserve Liability of
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    • 513 11 YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK Established 1880. Capital Subscribed y. 100.C00 000 (fully paid up) Reserve Fund y. 6 3, 0 00,000 President N. Kajiwara, Esq. V lC e-President S. K. Suzuki, Esq. DIRECTORS. N. Soraa Esq., r Mataukata, Esq., Y. Umakawa, Esq., M. Mitaui, Esq., M. Odaffiri Esq.. R Rron K>
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    • 169 11 ASIA BANKING CORPORATION (Incorporated in New York) STOCKHOLDING BANKS. Anglo and London Paris Nation*! Pank of San Francises Bankers Trust Company, New York City. Continental us Commercial NatiorwJ B&nk of Chicago Guaranty Trust Company of Naw York. Guardian Savings Trust Comr-^t. Cleveland. Mercantile 3c*nk of the Americas, New York City.
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 189 11 VESSELS ARRIVED. Kampar. Brit. 499, from T. Anson 8, for T. Anpon 10. Hye Leong, Brit. 303, from Malacca 8, for Malacca 9. Hong Bee. Brit. 2056, from Rangoon 8, for Hongkonjr unc. Haga Maru, Jap. 3595, from Kobe 8, for New York 11. D* Weert, Dut. 965, from Saraarinda
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    • 353 11 MAIL TABLE. TO-DAY. Intermediate and local mails wiU U feuad in list below: Federated Malay Stut^s. Malaora, Moar aad Penanj? (by train) 6 am. and p.m. daily (txcept Sunday). Koala Pahaag, Pekan, Sunfrt-i Lcmbmjr and Kuantan (By tram) fi am Bangkok, etc. i'rachatipok I urn. < uroh Bdina I a.m.
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  • 515 12 ADDITIONAL MBMBBRJi OF COMMITTEE APPOINTED. A meeting cf the members of the Com- 1 mlttee of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association was held on Tuesday evening in lbs Board Room of Messrs' Barke: and Company, to appoint u .Mitional members of Committee Date the rules of
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  • 320 12 Singapore, June 7. The market doses quiet. The continue] decline in the price of tin during the v. has bad a <lc i effect and most stocks have fallen. The commodity dropped £4 < n the period under review, closing at £199.17.6. per ton. Rubber continues veiy
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  • 671 12 The indefatigable Mr. Towers of Ipoh has issued the following "Open Letter to the Public." Ipoh, 2Sth May, 1921. I K:iv Sir or Madam, It ii about 18 years since I first agitated in the now defunct "Perak Pioneer" for Um Registration of Domestk- Servants. Some years
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  • 148 12 Fraser's Report. Singapore, June 7Rubbers. Dull. Mining. Quiet. Taipings $1.10 to $1.15 North Taipings $1.30 to $1.35, South Taipingl 72% cents to 77V& cents, Rawangs <>5 cents to 70 cents, Murais $5 to $6.16 Rttbota 16s. 3d. to lCs. 9d., Collieries $1( to $16.50, Ulu Piahs $1.27
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  • 374 12 LEAGUE FOOTBALL. Stafford* beat S. R. C. Tb9 first division League match, played between the St affords and the S. R. C. on t*e S. C. C ground on Tuesday afternoon, pioduced a keen and even contest, the soljdicrs eventually proving the victors by the odd goal in
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  • 244 12 The final arrangements for a local cricket I nament were made at a meeting on Monday evening, and the tournament will b commenced shortly There are five teams competing, namely I 11. M.V force?. Public Services and Law, ijS. C. C S. R. C, and Ceylon XL
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  • 115 12 The full rounds in the play for the Club Championship were as follows— First round.— Biu-kland beat White, 5 and 1 Wolff beat Rutley, 3 and 2 Finlayson beat BraddeH, 2 and 1 Gilbertson beat Hall, 3 and 2 Knox beat Bath, 5 and 4
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  • 111 12 The Men's Monthly Medal for June will 1 be played for on Saturday and Sunday next, i 11th and 12th June. The Ladies' Medal will be competed for on the following Thursday, 16th June. There will be a Flag Competition on i Tuesday, 14th June. Mixed pah-si
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  • 131 12 RESULT OF MONDAY'S PLAY. i TENNIS. A Chtm. Tan Toon Hor vs Scah Eng Chiang, unfinished. Chua Choon Lcong beat Tan Chong Gark 6—3, C— 4. B Class. John Lim beat Cheong Chee Tone G— l 6—3. Lim Y<mg Liang beat Goh Tong Sin 6—4, 6—4.
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  • 91 12 Tennis. Champ. Chua Choon Leong vs Cheong Cffee Hai or Poong Koon. Chia Keng Tyc *< Tan Chong Khet. B CUm. Poon Lip vs Chen^ Hoe, Feng Khern, or Boon Seng. Tan Chang Kew vs Tan Soo Bit or Tan Chew Kim. Hilliards. 5.15 p.m. Lye Van or
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  • 96 12 To -mis. Cramp. S. C. Wong vs Tan Chong 6; I Ong Siow Sian vs Seah Eng Chiang. B Class. John Lim vs Yen?: Liang. Voon Kim Chong vs D. Hoahir.g or Lye Van. C class. Wee Huek Lay vs Chua Chcon Seng. Billiards. Champ. 5.15 p.m. Tan
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  • 76 12 At the Alhambra, to-night there will be shown an interesting picture of the recent Singapore Race Meeting, in support of a live-reel Jesse D. Hampton production When We Were Twenty-one featuring H. B. Warner, besides which there will also be a two-reel Tom Mix drama, and a two-reel
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  • 196 12 The dceisicn of an American steamship line to engage the services of a smoke-room Story-teller as part of the ship's equipment opons a new culling for those in search of wcrk. The story-teller is a familiar figure in the Bazaars of India and North Africa. In sonorous
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  • 56 12 Programme of Drills, etc., for week ending, Sunday, 12th June 1921. Friday 10th, 5.15 p.m.— Drill Hall. S. F. A. Company. Dress caps, tunics, shorts and puttees. Sunday 12th, 7.30 a.m. Balestier Range. Eurasian Company. Rifle Club Shoot. Notice.— All Old Pattern Rifles should be exchanged at
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